Social Media and Social Work
Social Media and Social Work

Author: Megele, Claudia

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1447327411

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed fresh light on the ways that social media and digital technologies can be effectively harnessed to support relationship-based social work practice. However, it has also highlighted the complex risks, ethics and practical challenges that such technologies pose. This book helps practitioners and students navigate this complex terrain and explore and build upon its multiple opportunities. It uses real-life examples to examine how practitioners can assess the impact of new technologies on their professional conduct and use them in a way that enhance public confidence and relationship-based practice. The authors explore how digital technologies can support multiple areas of service including social work with children, families and adults, mental health social work, youth justice and working with online communities. They also consider regulatory questions and provide a roadmap for good practice.

Social Work in a Digital Society
Social Work in a Digital Society

Author: Sue Watling

Publisher: Learning Matters

Published: 2012-05-18

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0857256785

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book will help students develop their understanding of how the internet is impacting on social work education and practice in 21st century. Essential reading for students interested in the influence of digital technology and social media, including the impact of digital divides, this book looks at how the value-base of social work can have a positive effect on service users and carers who engage with digital services.

Teaching Social Work with Digital Technology
Teaching Social Work with Digital Technology

Author: Laurel Iverson Hitchcock

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780872931954

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book was written to help social work educators make pedagogically sound, rational, practical, and ethical decisions about integrating technology into their social work programs and across the curriculum. It covers a range of essential topics, from understanding digital literacy skills to ethical implications for technology in social work practice; from technology in the traditional classroom to fully online teaching environments. Case studies, real-world examples, and technology tips are part of each chapter, and checklists show how technology is integrated with the Council on Social Work Education's EPAS competencies, the NASW's Code of Ethics, and other social work practice standards and guidelines. Appendices provide a wealth of practical materials.

Social Work, the Media and Public Relations (Routledge Revivals)
Social Work, the Media and Public Relations (Routledge Revivals)

Author: Bob Franklin

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2014-06-17

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1317744225

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Over the past few decades, relationships between social workers and the media have become increasingly challenging. Social workers feel aggrieved by media reporting of their profession and believe that journalists lack sufficient knowledge and experience of the social services to report matters adequately and sensitively, whilst some journalists have urged social workers to adopt a more proactive public relations strategy. This book, first published in 1991, analyses the causes and consequences of the negative portrayal of social work within the media and considers various ways in which this image might be improved. The authors consider a variety of developments during the 1990s designed to redress imbalances in media reporting and present a more accurate picture of social workers and the people with whom they work. This title remains very relevant in light of the high profile cases related to the social service that continue to feature in the British press, and will be of particular value to students and researchers with an interest in the relationship between the media and social policy.

Why I Am a Social Worker
Why I Am a Social Worker

Author: Diana S. Richmond Garland

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-15

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 9780989758109

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"'Why I am a social worker' describes the rich diversity and nature of the profession of social work through the 25 stories of daily lives and professional journeys chosen to represent the different people, groups and human situations where social workers serve. Many social workers of faith express that they feel 'called' to help people--sometimes a specific population of people such as abused children or people who live in poverty. Often they describe this calling as a way of living out their faith. 'Why I am a social worker' serves as a resource for Christians in social work as they reflect on their sense of calling, and provides direction to guide them in this process. 'Why I am a social worker' employs a narrative, descriptive approach, allowing the relationship between faith and practice to emerge through the professional life stories of social workers who are Christians. As such, it provides a way to explore integration on personal, emotional and practical levels."--Back cover.

Social Media in Social Work Practice
Social Media in Social Work Practice

Author: Joanne Westwood

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2019-04-01

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1526454068

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Should you respond to friend requests from service users? How can you be sure that your own online profile is secure? Do service users understand the global and permanent nature of social media posts? Mapped against UK regulatory bodies’ standards this book responds to new complex issues raised by social media. Joanne Westwood draws on evidence and contemporary examples from practice to contextualise developments in social media and outline how this has shaped social work practice in recent years. She unpicks the potential pitfalls and opportunities social media presents for individual practice, organisations and service users. After using the case study questions, quizzes and reflective activities you will be able to confidently apply your knowledge of the 4 key issues: · privacy · confidentiality · regulation · professional ethics and values

Social Media and Social Work
Social Media and Social Work

Author: Megele, Claudia

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2020-07-15

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 144732739X

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The COVID-19 pandemic has shed fresh light on the ways that social media and digital technologies can be effectively harnessed to support relationship-based social work practice. However, it has also highlighted the complex risks, ethics and practical challenges that such technologies pose. This book helps practitioners and students navigate this complex terrain and explore and build upon its multiple opportunities. It uses real-life examples to examine how practitioners can assess the impact of new technologies on their professional conduct and use them in a way that enhance public confidence and relationship-based practice. The authors explore how digital technologies can support multiple areas of service including social work with children, families and adults, mental health social work, youth justice and working with online communities. They also consider regulatory questions and provide a roadmap for good practice.

Social Media in Social Work Practice
Social Media in Social Work Practice

Author: Joanne Westwood

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2019-04

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 1526454041

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Aimed at both students and professionals, this book is packed with valuable insights relating to social media use as a social worker by providing the reader with clear hands-on information they confidently can put into practice. The book covers key areas such as working in organisations, service users, skills, professional values and ethics and knowledge. It also comes with an appendix of instructor notes to aid teaching.

Social Media in Social Work Education
Social Media in Social Work Education

Author: Joanne Westwood

Publisher: Critical Publishing

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1909682594

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

There has been a recent growth in the use of social media tools in social work education. This edited text presents a series of chapters which discuss social media activities and how they can contribute to student learning, and social work practice. The contributors, all innovators in the use of social media, introduce the landscape and discuss how social media activities have begun to impact on both social work education and on practice. The professional codes of practice and the values and ethics questions such activities can raise are introduced and explored across the chapters. Packed with practical examples and exercises, this innovative textbooks is a useful tool for students, practitioners and academics new to using social media in their teaching.